LukeFRC Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 2 hours ago, disssa said: Ampeg B-15N Preamp built according to original schematics (except power supply...) that is a beautiful thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passinwind Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 On 01/07/2022 at 09:31, LukeFRC said: I'm not sure that's right - Alembic I always though was a fender tonestack? Yep, and the Acoustic 360 did not even use valves. 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigwan Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 (edited) On 07/07/2022 at 12:21, Groove Harder said: How long does it take for the PCB's from Effects Layouts to arrive from the States? Ordered on 5th, arrived today. Not too bad given the state of the planet... Probably be a year before I even look at them though! Edited July 18, 2022 by Bigwan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groove Harder Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 5 minutes ago, Bigwan said: Ordered on 5th, arrived today. Not too bad given the state of the planet... Probably be a year before I even look at them though! Not too bad at all! How does the quality look? Cheers for the update 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigwan Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Groove Harder said: Not too bad at all! How does the quality look? Cheers for the update 👍 Better than I could manage! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 Questions for any UK DIYers who design/use their own PCBs... 1. What design package do you use, and 2. where do you get them made? I understand there are quite a few prototype mfrs. out there, could do with some recommendations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorris Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 10 hours ago, Rich said: Questions for any UK DIYers who design/use their own PCBs... 1. What design package do you use, re ECAD software are you looking at freeware/shareware ; low budget ; or 'professional' ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 11 minutes ago, rmorris said: re ECAD software are you looking at freeware/shareware ; low budget ; or 'professional' ? Ideally freeware/shareware, certainly to start with. I'm only dipping a toe in the water ATM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 I really like KiCAD https://www.kicad.org Bit of a learning curve, but then there is with all stuff like this... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorris Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 The thing with ECAD software is that different people like different approaches. And Library Management is a big factor once you get beyond simple circuits with ready made generic 'parts'. KiCad has quite a following including some people doing top quality audio stuff. EasyEDA is worth a look. Cloud based. I know someone who does Arduino utility boards using it and sells on eBay. DesignSpark 'from RS' is also worth a look. Same design house that produces the low cost EasyPC and more professionall Pulsonix. Also Altium Circuitmaker worth a look - note that the default with this is that content is shared with other users although you can have five 'private' projects I believe. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigwan Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 Eagle seems to be used quite a bit by the diy community 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passinwind Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 10 hours ago, bartelby said: I really like KiCAD https://www.kicad.org Bit of a learning curve, but then there is with all stuff like this... I settled on KiCAD quite a while ago, it is immensely better and easier to deal with these days. For board fabrication in the US I tend to use OSHPark or Digikey, but JLCPCB works fine for less critical stuff for me and for bigger boards it saves a ton of money. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 (edited) AutoCAD for Drawing, and CADStar for Schematics and PCB Layout circa 1989 - 1990s... DOS Days... Word Perfect and Lotus 123... Edited July 19, 2022 by PaulThePlug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 11 hours ago, bartelby said: I really like KiCAD https://www.kicad.org Bit of a learning curve, but then there is with all stuff like this... 34 minutes ago, Passinwind said: I settled on KiCAD quite a while ago, it is immensely better and easier to deal with these days. I've downloaded KiCAD and have been having a play. Drawing a schematic was very straightforward, but it's going to take me a while to work out how to untangle the resulting rats-nest on the PCB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 33 minutes ago, Rich said: I've downloaded KiCAD and have been having a play. Drawing a schematic was very straightforward, but it's going to take me a while to work out how to untangle the resulting rats-nest on the PCB Yeah. That’s the learning curve bit. 😁 I’d just got the hang of it before I had to shelve the project I was working on. Now I’m back to square one with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passinwind Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 8 hours ago, Rich said: I've downloaded KiCAD and have been having a play. Drawing a schematic was very straightforward, but it's going to take me a while to work out how to untangle the resulting rats-nest on the PCB There's an "expand" or "explode" function that'll more or less take care of that for you. While drawing a schematic is pretty simple, there are some less than obvious things needed to make it all work properly. You need power ports connected to various supply voltages, for starters. Be sure to run the design rules checker, it will generally catch that sort of stuff. 😉 And as with many of these tools, library management makes a big difference in ease of use. I do many component footprints myself and a logical set of naming conventions when I started out would have saved a lot of later grief. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 1 hour ago, Passinwind said: And as with many of these tools, library management makes a big difference in ease of use. I do many component footprints myself and a logical set of naming conventions when I started out would have saved a lot of later grief. Yeah, naming conventions of footprints and symbols is a biggie. Several times I've had to start from scratch as I've forgotten what I've called things 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chienmortbb Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 22 hours ago, bartelby said: I really like KiCAD https://www.kicad.org Bit of a learning curve, but then there is with all stuff like this... I have tried all of them and now use KICAD. They all have a learning curve though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disssa Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 Greer Amps Soma 63 Clone: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 6 hours ago, disssa said: Greer Amps Soma 63 Clone: Maybe Disssa has shared them all n here and I’ve missed them - but if not this thread - via google translate, is great https://www-bassic-de.translate.goog/threads/disssa-bastelt.14887065/?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nekomatic Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 Not an effect circuit but I just received these from JLCPCB, took about two and a half weeks from order to delivery and cost about a tenner for five boards at this size, that’s using the cheapest shipping and VAT etc inclusive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nekomatic Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 I design boards in Fritzing fwiw, which has many issues but it always seems less hassle to live with them than to learn something like Kicad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passinwind Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 New boards for the next gen open source preamp pedals: And various old and new enclosures the test builds will be going into: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPJ Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 Being a fan of the Yamaha NE-1 parametric eq but having stupidly owned two and sold both, I’ve just ordered a clone kit from Germany https://www.musikding.de/NE_04-bass-preamp-kit and I’m going to have a go at assembling this myself. This will be my first attempt so who knows the outcome but I’ll keep you guys and girls updated on here for the comedy value if nothing else. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbass4k Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 8 minutes ago, JPJ said: Being a fan of the Yamaha NE-1 parametric eq but having stupidly owned two and sold both, I’ve just ordered a clone kit from Germany https://www.musikding.de/NE_04-bass-preamp-kit and I’m going to have a go at assembling this myself. This will be my first attempt so who knows the outcome but I’ll keep you guys and girls updated on here for the comedy value if nothing else. That's a pretty good choice for your first kit actually, not too complicated and schalltechniks documentation is very good for beginners - just do what the nice german man says and you should be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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